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Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Elisha Deva. Elisha is an interdisciplinary thinker who has been researching social inequality for almost thirty years. Her degree is in Human Biology from Stanford, a multidisciplinary combination of anthropology, psychology and biology. After working for four years in neuroscience at UCLA, the politics and sexism drove her out of academia. Since then she's collected data across disciplines to interpret it for the public, reading every book, article, and paper she could find on the rise of dominance in the Bronze Age. She's travelled the world, visiting matrilineal cultures and searching museums for clues to our ancient past. Meanwhile, she worked as a computer engineer on the forefront of creating the Internet in the 90s, built a wilderness retreat, and developed a trauma-informed healing practice.    

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Intuitive Consultant Wendy Van Allen   Wendy Van Allen is a graduate of One Spirit Learning Alliance's Seminary and Interspiritual Counseling program. She received two bachelor's degrees from Rutgers University, and is graduating with a Master's in Clinical Counseling from Saint Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, in August, 2023. Wendy is a certified Intuitive Consultant from the Holistic Studies Institute, New York, NY, and teaches and serves students at two progressive seminary programs. Wendy's spiritual traditions are Earth-based and include initiation and practice of Wicca, Lukumi, and Spiritism. She was initiated as a Green Witch with Susun in 1996 and has held a life-long interest and practice of natural magic, medicine, and spirituality. As a former archaeologist, she has a strong interest in the intersection of culture, spirituality, religion, evolving human consciousness, social justice and environmental con

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Midwife & Herbalist Astrid Grove. Astrid Grove is the founder and organizer for Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering and co-creator of  The Wise Woman Sisterhood 12 month apprenticeship.  She celebrates life with her husband, her two daughters, her two cats and her many chickens.  Her passion lies in facilitating and supporting women's empowerment through midwifery, hands on healing, plant medicine and sacred ceremony.  This year is the 7th Annual Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering September 15-17th, 2023 at 13 Moons Ranch in Carbondale, CO. Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering, Colorado    

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist Lucretia Jones Lucretia has been working and learning with plants for over twenty years and was first introduced to the wise woman tradition while living an artist's life in New York City. Her father had passed away three days prior to the World Trade Center collapse in 2001, and that uncertainty sent her on a quest to find more autonomy and connection with the natural world. Lucretia loves connecting people with plants. As a wise woman herbalist, her favorite times are spent meeting new and old plant friends wherever she happens to be. Sharing those relationships with other humans led her to create House of Lukaya in 2003. House of Lukaya, is a mobile and online source for offerings including plant medicine workshops, incense twists and other handicrafts, and a pocket Guide to Nourishing Herbal Infusions which she self published in 2018.  Lucretia joined the board of Herbalist Without Borders in

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Therapist Kylea Taylor Kylea Taylor, M.S., LMFT is licensed therapist who has been thinking, writing, and teaching about ethics for almost three decades. She developed and teaches InnerEthics®, a self-reflective, self-compassionate, approach to relational ethics. The model includes a set of awareness tools that are especially useful to those working with psychedelic-assisted therapy. Kylea started studying with Stanislav Grof, M.D. and Christina Grof in 1984 and worked with Stan Grof as a Senior Trainer in the Grof Transpersonal Training throughout the 1990s. She is the author of The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients (2017), and several books about Holotropic Breathwork®. InnerEthics.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Kris Franken Kris Franken is an author, intuitive, and wayshower. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology, is a certified Reiki healer and meditation teacher, and was a journalist for sixteen years.  Kris is the author of Wildhearted Purpose: Embrace Your Unique Calling & the Unmapped Path of Authenticity, and The Call of Intuition: How to Recognize & Honor Your Intuition, Instinct & Insight, plus numerous sets of oracle cards, including Soul Purpose, Spirit Animal, and Lightworker. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kris gratefully calls the rainforest of Byron Bay, Australia, home.

** Previously recorded ** Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist EagleSong Gardener. EagleSong Evans Gardener dances her mischief in the hedge, the veld, that luminous place between wild and tended. She is a 3rd generation northwesterner raised on salmon and cedar long enough to find a root and love for a place she calls Home. EagleSong is a practicing herbalist in the wise woman tradition and a lifelong gardener. She is most at home cultivating life and watching things grow. Working with apprentices for over 25 years, her “Healing From the Ground Up” community centered herbal apprenticeship is a 9 month journey for the rigorous adventurer. EagleSong is known for her wit and kitchen table wisdom and her incessant need to go outside and play! She stays busy these days weaving the Pacific Women's Herbal Conference back into being and teaching at her home place, RavenCroft Garden and the flumdiddley kitchen school.  Learning opportunities with

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Rhoda Jordan Shapiro Rhoda Jordan Shapiro has worked for over a decade as a tantric educator, teaching others to step into their power by way of meditation, movement, dance, and yoga. She leads womb healing circles for women, and has a YouTube channel where she teaches meditation classes and shares wisdom on the ancient practices of tantra and kundalini yoga. Rhoda is the author of Fierce Woman and Magic Within. She is also the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Milpitas Beat, a local newspaper. Rhoda lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children. Visit her at RhodaJordanShapiro.com. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Carmen Turner-Schott. Carmen Turner-Schott, MSW, LISW, is a licensed clinical social worker, psychological astrologer, author and teacher with national and international clientele. She has been researching astrology, trauma, healing, and transformation for the past 25 years. Carmen began her astrological work at the age of 16 after an experience with a glowing ball of light in her doorway and began studying metaphysics and the Edgar Cayce material at that time. She received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1997 and her Master of Social Work degree at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1999. She is the author of nine books.  Carmen was born with intuitive abilities that she inherited from her maternal grandmother and uses these spiritual techniques to better serve her clients and those who reach out to her for assistance. She is an avid

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with hearler Theresa Piela.  Theresa Piela supports those dealing with highly complex cases of "chronic illness" & trauma patterns that may have lost hope in their ability to heal.  With terrain-centered nutrition, deep listening, & brain rewiring techniques, she empowers her clients with self-healing tools to reclaim their center, re-build their confidence, and to ultimately heal themselves. Theresa is also the host of the Tapping with T app: an EFT and Brain Rewiring community for self-healers on the non-linear path.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Austyn Wells. Austyn is an author, spiritual medium, and soul gardener who mentors spiritually seeking individuals to cultivate their intuition, heal their hearts, and connect with the Divine. She has presented for such organizations as Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. in Virginia Beach, The Sun Valley Wellness Festival, as well as the Afterlife Conference, for which she was a board member for eight years. Austyn will be teaching at the Omega Institute this coming June and leading a tour to Egypt in 2024. Her book Soul Conversations: A Medium Reveals How to Cultivate Your Intuition, Heal Your Heart, and Connect with the Divine is the recipient of two C.O.V.R. medals, as well as receiving the gold medal from the Nautilus Book Awards. Austyn developed the Divine Spark Cards for developing mediums to expand their trust, as well as grief counselors to inspire healing conversations with their clients. Her Divine Insight Car

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Dance therapist  Amber Elizabeth Gray Amber Elizabeth Gray  was, in her father’s words, born “dancing and fighting”. A lifetime of dance and travel to explore movement and dance-based community and healing traditions has contributed to her passion for, and belief in, movement as life. Encouraged to study Haitian dance by Katherine Dunham initiated a pathway to her own initiation into Vodou. Haitian dance was her portal to Emilie Conrad and Continuum, a revolutionary movement practice  arising from Emilie’s 5 years living and dancing in Haiti. Amber believes that every human beings birthright is embodiment. Her 25 years of work as a Dance/Movement Therapist, Continuum & Yoga teacher include time working and living in conflict and post conflict zones, exposing her to the harsh realities of human rights abuses. Her clients, all survivors of political violence, torture and war,  are co-collaborators and inspirers in th

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Relationship coach Sumati Sparks.   For over twenty years, Sumati Sparks has been coaching people of all relationship configurations, gender expressions, sexual orientations and cultures to create successful consensual, ethical non-monogamous love and intimate connections. She is a no-nonsense wisewoman, a loving empath, a wounded healer and a powerful stand for love. Since 1984, she has been on a personal path of 12-step work and recovery, has studied directly and taught with many spiritual & relationship teachers including the great Indian saint Mata Amritananda (aka "Ammachi") who gave her the name Sumati, Since 1997, she has been on her own transformational path of conscious consensual non-monogamy.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist Linda Conroy.  Linda Conroy dedicates her life to connecting with the green world. She is a practicing herbalist, providing herbal education, workshops and apprenticeships, as well as individual consultations and her herb store. Linda also holds two masters degrees: MSS (Master of Social Service) and MLSP (Master of Law and Social Policy). Linda is a community organizer and the founder of the Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference. Her primary mentors are the plants who never cease to instill a sense of awe in her daily life. Linda’s primary human mentors are Isla Burgess, Susun Weed  and Marshall Rosenberg. She has also studied with Tieraona LowDog, MD, Stephen Buhner, Cascade Geller Anderson, Ryan Drum, Eaglesong and Sally King of Raven Croft Gardens, Matthew Wood, Suzanne Tabert and many others. She has studied as well as studies women’s mysteries with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Z. Budapest, Vicki Noble,

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Chris Elcock. Chris Elcock is an independent historian based in France, with a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan. For 12 years, he studied the history of LSD and psychedelics and in 2013 one of his papers on the American psychedelic movement received an award at a pop culture conference. He is the author of Psychedelic New York: A History of LSD in the City, which will be available in May with McGill-Queen's University Press. He is currently teaching in several higher education institutions. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Priestess Kaitlin Ilya Wolf. Kaitlin Ilya Wolf is a priestess, facilitating rituals and ceremonies for individuals, large and small groups, and her community of Earthaven Ecovillage in western North Carolina. Kaitlin is an ordained Priestess with the Temple of Diana, a women's earth based tradition. She has led women's Red Tent circles and the seasonal ritual cycle in her community for over 15 years. Kaitlin offers a monthly Red Tent ritual online for women. Her passion is supporting people through the process of personal ritual, rites of passage, the cycles of community ceremony, and women's circles. Kaitlin apprenticed with Susun in 2006 and it changed her life. More at www.priestessofcycles.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Marisa Handler.  Marisa Handler—writer, singer-songwriter, teacher, and coach—is the author of Loyal to the Sky, which won a Nautilus Gold Award for world-changing books.  Her essays, fiction, and poetry have appeared in numerous publications, and her music is available on various platforms.  Marisa earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received many fellowships in Creative Writing, including a Fulbright and an Elizabeth George Foundation grant.  On the spiritual side, Marisa has been studying Insight Meditation in retreats and daily life since 2002, and instructing since 2012. She is a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie, and has long-term practices in Authentic Movement, Somatic Experiencing, and various forms of dance. Marisa is the founder of Live Your Creative Genius, an in-depth coaching program offering a new paradigm for creative work, and she teaches on creativity, wr

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Teacher Amanda Smith. Amanda is an Earth Wisdom Teacher and a metaphysical artist. She has a diverse background with degrees in Environmental Science and Soil Chemistry, coupled with certifications in healing with Earth Energy and Reiki. This journey created Amanda's desire to become a teacher who shares the importance and the benefits of the re-unification of Science and Spirituality. Amanda is now the owner of a property in Eastern Kentucky dubbed the Mothership that she is slowly converting into a regenerative farm/ nature retreat center -  The vision is to teach others how to create their own food, connect and listen to the Earth, create the sovereignty that humanity is meant to have, and ultimately save the planet! You can find out more at her website, www.theactivatedearth.com